Go to the Z-Wave Settings page and change the Port from /dev/ttyS0(the internal radio interface) to whatever device path is assigned to your Z-Stick. The path is typically /dev/ttyUSB0 but it may be different depending on your setup, if other USB devices are plugged in.

You can verify what the path is by SSHing into your Vera and running dmesg | grep -i ttyUSB after plugging in the Z-Stick.

Go to the Z-Wave Settings page and change the Port from /dev/ttyS0(the internal radio interface) to whatever device path is assigned to your Z-Stick. The path is typically /dev/ttyUSB0 but it may be different depending on your setup, if other USB devices are plugged in.

You can verify what the path is by SSHing into your Vera and running dmesg | grep -i ttyUSB after plugging in the Z-Stick.

Excellent, thank you. I should be able to figure this out and get it going.

Will it use the same port everytime it is plugged in, or will I need to do this everytime?

Assuming the zstick has to be pugged into the vera's usb port, what would be the value-added to doing that?

As @Chapin described he will use it for increased portability. Th eportability isn;t only for inclusion. He can also plug his Z-Stick into another controller/computer and be able to instantly control any Z-Wave device on his network without excluding and including to a new controller. Or he could do Over the Air(OtA) firmware updates on Aeon Z-Wave Plus devices. It can also be used should the built-in Z-Wave chip fail or if you need your Vera to use a non-native frequency, such as taking a U.S. Vera to Australia.

Assuming that there are no typos, it's possible that your stick was not detected or that it was detected as something besides ttyUSB.

Try running just dmesg by itself. That should produce a lot of output that will likely be too much noise for your experience level. Perhaps a better way would be to:- remove the Z-Stick- run dmesg and note the last line or two- plug in the Z-Stick- run dmesg again and find the previous last lines. Anything that follows those lines are a result of your Z-Stick plug in and should contain the device path.

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Is there a list of common SSH commands and variables?

SSH is a connectivity tool, like telnet. The commands(dmesg and grep) are Linux(BusyBox) and there are lots of resources for those on the net.

Thanks for all of your help. This is really useful. Once I get Zwave working, I'm staying out of SSH!

It seems to see the USB Stick. These are the lines from dmesg. It seems to be on "usb 1-1", If I am reading where a device has been unplugged then plugged back in. I presume that the "device number x" value isn't critical to Vera addressing it. The same device gets a new number. See the text below.

Any idea if my string should be /dev/ttyUSB0? I tried it and also /dev/ttyUSB1. Neither works.

The string you should use will actually be displayed in those lines. But, it's not there. The posted results indicate that your Vera's kernel sees a USB device being plugged in, but it doesn't recognize the device. This usually means that there is no appropriate driver for the device.

I vaguely recall some sort of issue with USB drivers missing from an earlier version of UI6 or 7. If you're not running a recent version, you might consider upgrading. Or you might call support for help.

I never thought about this, but it is a good idea especially since I've been toying with leaving vera for openhab. Does vera transfer the existing network from the internal chip when doing this or are there additional steps for that?